About Us
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Driver Hire Blackburn is a high-performing specialist recruitment business operating within the Driver Hire network.
With a small, experienced team, we pride ourselves on quality relationships, strong margins, and long-term partnerships.
We are now looking toadd a new Recruitment Consultantto the business to developnew non-driving work, expanding our offering beyond driving into complementary sectors.
This is adesk-building role, ideal for someone ambitious who wants ownership, progression, and real influence not just KPI box-ticking.
The Role Recruitment Consultant
Youll be responsible for building and developing yourown recruitment desk using hot, warm & cold leads:
Business Development
Proactively winning new clients through outbound BD and relationship building
Developing accounts within logistics, industrial, warehousing, or commercial sectors
Identifying opportunities within existing Driver Hire client relationships
Spending time in the local area seeing customers / potential customers face to face
Candidate Management
Sourcing, screening, and placing candidates
Managing temporary, temp-to-perm and permanant placements
Delivering a high-quality, compliant recruitment service
Account Management
Building long-term client partnerships
Managing margins, pricing, and service delivery
Acting as a trusted recruitment partner to clients
What Were Looking For
Were looking for someone whowants to build, not just service.
Ideally you will have:
13 years recruitment experience
Proven interest or experience in business development
Confidence picking up the phone and opening new doors
Strong organisation and time-management skills
A professional, resilient, and driven mindset
Desirable (but not essential):
Experience in logistics, industrial, or commercial recruitment
Previous success building a desk or client base
It is important that you know we are looking for the right person, you may not have the experience in this particular sector but if you are the right personality we can work with that also!
What We Offer
£27k £29.5k basic salary
Uncapped gross-margin based bonus
Bonus for taking oncall, once trained
OTE £35k - £38K for the successful person.
Weekly support from an experienced leadership team
Autonomy to shape and grow your own vertical
Stable, profitable business with no micromanagement
Opportunity to become the go-to consultant for your sector
Why Join Driver Hire Blackburn?
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Youll be joining asmall, profitable businesswhere:
Your success directly impacts the company
Your ideas are listened to
Desk ownership is real
Growth is encouraged, not restricted